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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11461
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14504
13 Actual Demand 11180
14 Aggregate Planning 12108
15 Air Cargo 10039
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6623
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34819
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15315
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19164
20 Assembly Line 22284
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22932
22 Average Speed of Answer 26535
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23060
24 Batch Production 38280
25 Bill Discounting 14482
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11170
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7116
28 Blanket Release 9978
29 Bonded Warehouse 10038
30 Booking Number 13735
31 Bottleneck 9472
32 Buffer Stock 59142
33 Build to Stock 12903
34 Bullwhip Effect 9547
35 Business Logistics 25582
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12539
37 Capacity Management 40386
38 Capacity Utilization 14062
39 Capital Intensive 8373
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8696
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12089
42 Certified Supplier 8947
43 Channel Effectiveness 8901
44 Co-Destiny 9265
45 Co-managed Inventory 12436
46 Co-Packers 11736
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6832
48 Computer-Based Training 7667
49 Consular Invoice 19710
50 Container Depot 10580
51 Container Freight Station 10256
52 Continuous Replenishment 19434
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12041
54 Contract Carrier 7304
55 Contract of Affreightment 11386
56 Control Charts 7936
57 Cost Flow 10237
58 Courier Service 15190
59 CPFR 8190
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11764
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44067
62 Date Code 18175
63 Days of Supply 19789
64 Dead on Arrival 9205
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7280
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8078
67 Detective Control 8881
68 Devanning 14186
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10834
70 Dispatching 24424
71 Distributed Inventory 8327
72 Distribution Channel Management 34650
73 Distribution Metrics 9074
74 Distribution Planning 24159
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15172
76 Double Marginalization 52597
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22252
78 Dual 5421
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20571
80 Echelon Inventory 26155
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38221
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49605
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7586
84 Efficient Frontier 25417
85 Engineer-to-Order 31690
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16377
87 Erlang B Formula 9321
88 ETD 8304
89 Ex Works 7812
90 Exception Rate 13444
91 Exponential smoothing 9806
92 External Growth 10037
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9397
94 Field Services 7723
95 Field Warehouse 10349
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8728
97 Fishbone Diagram 14570
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26965
99 Flow Through Distribution 12279
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8141
101 FOB Destination 12988
102 Forward buying 30034
103 Freight Charge 10294
104 Freight Consolidation 7501
105 Gantt Chart 8267
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11695
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29532
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12649
109 Hub 23376
110 Idle Time 8041
 
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